Chapter 179: Great Ancient Divine Ability - Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers

Immortals, as the zenith of the cultivation system, are often bound to terms like invincible, summit, and peerless.

The inheritance of an Immortal is regarded as a supreme treasure by the Central Continent; countless souls seek their legacy, hunt for their tracks, and strive to grasp even a mere fraction of information regarding them.

To obtain such an inheritance is fraught with immense difficulties—one must face strength with greater strength, grow braver with every battle, and matchless power among peers is but the most basic prerequisite.

Beyond that, one must pass the trials of the Immortal and satisfy all manner of their unreasonable demands.

Regarding this, Lu Yang possessed a deeply profound understanding.

Upon the martial arts square, Lu Yang was battered by his senior brothers and sisters in consecutive rotations; within his mental space, Lu Yang pursued the Immortal Invincible, demanding she take responsibility.

"Huang Doudou, stop right there! They are looking for you, so why am I the one getting beaten?!"

"I told you, this is the trial of an Immortal! I guarantee that if you can survive tonight safely, I shall pass unto you a supreme divine ability!"

"Learning a supreme divine ability from you is worse than learning from Eldest Senior Sister! Stop right there, today I shall let you know what a mortal's trial truly means!"

"This is irreverence toward an Immortal!"

The Immortal Invincible dashed away at full speed, resolved never to let Lu Yang catch her.

In reality, the various masters held great regard for Lu Yang, this favored child of heaven who could challenge those above his realm, employing a wheel tactic to crush Lu Yang over and over again.

Lu Yang explained calmly, "Dear senior brothers and sisters, I believe there might be some misunderstanding between us. In truth, there is another powerful soul within my body. All those actions during my tenure as Acting Sect Master were done by her occupying my body."

The senior brothers and sisters sneered, refusing to believe Lu Yang’s ghost stories. Playing at a split personality now? Too late!

Though the senior brothers and sisters had come for revenge, they did not rush up all at once; they were all cultured individuals, and swarming forward was the way of barbarians. They were civilized folk who needed to queue.

Below the stage, the crowd consciously formed a long line.

"The ones in front, hurry up! There are still so many people waiting behind!"

As the strongest sect among the five great immortal sects, the Daoist Sect’s strength was beyond doubt. The disciples they recruited were each geniuses and paragons. Having cultivated to the Golden Core stage and above, they held unique insights into combat styles, the circulation of spiritual energy, and the sequence of spell casting.

Fighting with these people was beneficial for rapidly elevating combat experience, ensuring that no matter what combat style an enemy possessed in the future, one could handle it with ease.

This point could be verified by the disciples of the Five Elements Sect; exchanging blows with Daoist Sect disciples brought great self-improvement.

In the outside world, countless people wished to exchange experience with Daoist Sect disciples, envying Lu Yang for having such an experience.

Lu Yang expressed that he absolutely did not wish to be the object of envy.

The tragedy of the combat process caused Meng Jingzhou, who was watching from below the stage, to clap and cheer.

Yet Lu Yang had to admit one thing: fighting his senior brothers and sisters was of great help to both his combat experience and his own realm.

After the senior brothers and sisters used their respective ultimate techniques to crush Lu Yang once, they would pinch his mouth and feed him expensive medicinal pills like the Golden Origin Consolidating Pill and the Clear Wind Spring Return Pill, as if they cost nothing at all.

These pills allowed his injuries to recover rapidly, consolidating his foundation so he could face the next battle in an even more complete state.

Through the process of repeated combat and consuming pills, Lu Yang’s realm was steadily rising, an event worthy of celebration.

He felt that he was only a single thought away from breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, his spells such as the Samadhi True Fire, Earth Shrinking, Inch-Stepping, and the Tree-Planting Art were refined through his duels with the senior brothers and sisters, identifying loopholes and searching for solutions, making his application of spells even more proficient.

Perhaps this was what was meant by great opportunity existing between life and death; Lu Yang’s potential was being cruelly squeezed out further.

For instance, Lu Yang could now achieve spitting Samadhi True Fire to burn only the inside of his opponent without harming the surface, his fire control ability further enhanced.

He could freely adjust the spiciness, offering mild spicy, medium spicy, extra spicy, and bursting spicy.

He could also freely adjust the saltiness, with light, normal salt, saltier, and exceptionally salty, though it was still a far cry from the saltiness of the Immortal Invincible's level.

For instance, Lu Yang discovered during combat that he could combine the three spells of Earth Shrinking, Inch-Stepping, and the Tree-Planting Art together—first shrinking the earth, then stepping the inch, and finally utilizing the Tree-Planting Art, so that three little Lu Yangs could grow upon the tree.

However, Lu Yang’s spiritual power was currently weak, making him unable to control three of himself at the same time.

"Oh? A Ginseng Fruit?" The one fighting Lu Yang was Senior Sister Yi Jing. She looked with surprise at the bald little Lu Yang swaying upon the Bodhi tree, finding it quite adorable.

"Could this be the origin of the legendary Ginseng Fruit?" a senior brother whispered. Ginseng Fruits had always circulated only in legends, never truly appearing.

One senior brother felt the other was imagining too much. "To be able to learn a spell into Senior Brother Lu's state is unique throughout the ages. No matter how rare a Ginseng Fruit is, it is not as rare as Brother Lu."

Another senior brother said, "I also feel that the Ginseng Fruit did not appear this way. I read about the origin of the Ginseng Fruit in an unofficial history book, which stated that in ancient times ginseng was rare, so a swindler claimed he possessed ginseng. When people asked where the ginseng was found, he said it grew on a tree, which gave rise to the name Ginseng Fruit."

"...Your unofficial history is truly wild enough."

"Did the book say who the swindler was?"

"It said he was called the Immortal Ying Tian."

Within the mental space, the Immortal Invincible had run too fast, outpacing Lu Yang by a full lap, until Lu Yang finally grabbed her wrist.

"Caught you at last!" Lu Yang smiled gently, smiling like a refined scoundrel.

In reality, Lu Yang shouted a word of delay, stopping the Deity Transformation stage senior brother who was preparing to strike.

The Deity Transformation stage senior brother stayed his hand; he wanted to see what Lu Yang intended to do.

The opponents the Immortal Invincible had challenged across realms also included this Senior Brother Wu of the Deity Transformation stage. He had come for revenge, and after queuing for more than half the day, it was finally his turn.

Lu Yang took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Senior Brother Wu, I advise you all not to push people too far. If truly driven to a corner, there is nothing I cannot do at any moment!"

Senior Brother Wu was not intimidated by Lu Yang, asking with a smile, "What if we do push you? Could it be that you possess a fourth Acting Sect Master Trial Voucher?"

Senior Brother Wu did not believe Lu Yang had another; if he truly did, he would have used it long ago, so why wait until now?

"I have no Sect Master Voucher, but I possess a style of ancient grand divine ability that can slay all enemies. As fellow disciples of the Daoist Sect, I do not wish to commence a slaughter within the sect!"

Senior Brother Wu did not believe Lu Yang possessed such a grand divine ability. Wasting no more words, he moved to strike.

Seeing that persuasion was fruitless, Lu Yang had no choice but to deploy the spell he had just learned.

"Behold my ancient grand divine ability—Casting Beans to Create Soldiers!"

Within the mental space, Lu Yang forcefully handed the control of his body over to Huang Doudou.

Casting Beans to Create Soldiers meant letting the Immortal Invincible fight in his stead!

This style was truly extraordinary; an Immortal possessing the body, how invincible that must be. Such a technique was a quite mind-blowing existence even in ancient times, a forbidden spell!

The Immortal Invincible looked at the striking Senior Brother Wu, despair rising in her heart. A Deity Transformation stage master striking out—how could she possibly fight this?

"Lu Yang, you have no heart of reverence toward an Immortal!"

Lu Yang sneered. A heart of reverence? That was something to be considered only after he survived tonight!

(End of Chapter)